My Librarian is a Camel - Integrating Texts

In this activity, students will read several nonfiction texts around a similar topic. They will compare, analyze, and synthesize the ideas in the texts and may draw new conclusions about the topic. In this example, students will read My Librarian is a Camel, “Books Through Bars”, and “A Book Bike Brings the Library to Parks”.

• My Librarian is a Camel: Children in countries around the world receive books in a variety of ways: camel, elephant, boat, bicycle, wheelbarrow, and more!
• “Books Through Bars”: A Brooklyn group called “Books Through Bars”, collects donated books and sends them to inmates.
• “A Book Bike Brings the Library to Parks”: Evanston Public Library, in Illinois, has a new book bike: a yellow, motorized bicycle with a cart carrying fifty popular books that delivers to parks and community centers.

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Objective:Create a storyboard comparing three nonfiction texts that focus on the same topic.

1. Click “Start Assignment” and give your storyboard a name.
2. Write the book titles in the title boxes.
3. Give a brief outline of the books in the description boxes.
4. Create illustrations for each using appropriate scenes, characters, items, and text.
5. Save and exit when you are done.